Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Sorry, Julie
Some of you might remember last year when I embarked on a Smoothie of the Week mission and chronicled it here on the blog (which I had to stop after the first installment because it was making Julie physically ill). I didn't think this would be a problem (after all, with American Idol in full swing, I had plenty to blog about) until I found myself once again in my smoothie phase this year and unable to remember which smoothies I had made last year as Smoothies of the Week. Hence, Smoothie of the Week is back! Julie, if you're reading this, now would be a good time to stop.
For the inaugural 2004 Smoothie of the Week, I chose one that I can't remember having made before but always wanted to. The name of it is Razzy Star--Mazzy Star being a favorite band of one of the Smoothies Deck authors. I chose this smoothie because a) I love raspberries, and b) It reminded me of a dream I had last week in which my friend Danielle had free tickets to a Mazzy Star concert, but I had to be out of town and couldn't go. I was really disappointed until I woke up and remembered that Mazzy Star had broken up. Actually, this exact same thing happened in real life, only the band she had tickets to was Azure Ray, who are not Mazzy Star but sound a lot like Mazzy Star. Weird.
Anyway. The recipe. Because I'm bad at math (Seriously, what is half of 3/4? Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure it's not on my measuring cup anyway.), this is the recipe for two servings instead of one. If you're bad at math, too, you can do what I do and sort of guess at the measurements. It usually works out fine. (This is why I stick to making smoothies and do not perform brain surgery.)
3/4 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup milk (or heavy cream, if you want a thicker smoothie)
1 cup fresh raspberries (can be frozen, but I like them not frozen)
1 cup raspberry sorbet
Smoothie rating: 6. A nice smoothie--creamy yet light--but it's disconcertingly reminiscent of those new-fangled bottled yogurt smoothie drinks. I am totally against the new-fangled bottled yogurt smoothie drinks, in case you were wondering. Nothing can take the place of a fresh, homeade smoothie, especially one from the Smoothies Deck.
In non-smoothie-related news (come back, Julie!), what is up with all these people from Missouri named Shandi suddenly popping up everywhere?
Some of you might remember last year when I embarked on a Smoothie of the Week mission and chronicled it here on the blog (which I had to stop after the first installment because it was making Julie physically ill). I didn't think this would be a problem (after all, with American Idol in full swing, I had plenty to blog about) until I found myself once again in my smoothie phase this year and unable to remember which smoothies I had made last year as Smoothies of the Week. Hence, Smoothie of the Week is back! Julie, if you're reading this, now would be a good time to stop.
For the inaugural 2004 Smoothie of the Week, I chose one that I can't remember having made before but always wanted to. The name of it is Razzy Star--Mazzy Star being a favorite band of one of the Smoothies Deck authors. I chose this smoothie because a) I love raspberries, and b) It reminded me of a dream I had last week in which my friend Danielle had free tickets to a Mazzy Star concert, but I had to be out of town and couldn't go. I was really disappointed until I woke up and remembered that Mazzy Star had broken up. Actually, this exact same thing happened in real life, only the band she had tickets to was Azure Ray, who are not Mazzy Star but sound a lot like Mazzy Star. Weird.
Anyway. The recipe. Because I'm bad at math (Seriously, what is half of 3/4? Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure it's not on my measuring cup anyway.), this is the recipe for two servings instead of one. If you're bad at math, too, you can do what I do and sort of guess at the measurements. It usually works out fine. (This is why I stick to making smoothies and do not perform brain surgery.)
3/4 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup milk (or heavy cream, if you want a thicker smoothie)
1 cup fresh raspberries (can be frozen, but I like them not frozen)
1 cup raspberry sorbet
Smoothie rating: 6. A nice smoothie--creamy yet light--but it's disconcertingly reminiscent of those new-fangled bottled yogurt smoothie drinks. I am totally against the new-fangled bottled yogurt smoothie drinks, in case you were wondering. Nothing can take the place of a fresh, homeade smoothie, especially one from the Smoothies Deck.
In non-smoothie-related news (come back, Julie!), what is up with all these people from Missouri named Shandi suddenly popping up everywhere?
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